An announcement last April that Brian Johnson, lead singer of iconic rock band AC/DC, was leaving the band’s Rock or Bust tour left fans reeling. The reason for the departure? Johnson was told by his doctor that he risked total hearing loss if he continued performing with the band.
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An avid auto racing enthusiast, Johnson said back in 2014 that his hearing problems began with failure to wear hearing protection during a race. Noting that a few minutes into the race he heard a popping sound in his ear, Johnson reports, “I was like, what the heck was that? But it was fine. All that happened was I had suffered tinnitus for about six or seven months. But it cleared up and then I was fine again.”
